The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-31 00:00:00

MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. There is no report of arrivals this week. The navigation continues Interrupted, and there is nothing doing in this market. The bakers Purchase Flour very reluctantly at the prices which the millers demand. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL, In these markets, for meat there was no variation to.day in prices, supply good, but trade heavy, and a large quantity remained in hand.— I3eef, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 2s. 6d. to 3s Gd. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. ; Pork, 4s. to Os.; Irish, 3s. to 3s 4d. Supply of Game and Poultry large, trade dull, and prices stationary—Hare:, 36. to 3s. 6d.; Wid goons, Is. to Is. 6d. ; Partridges, Is. to Is. 6d. ; Pheasants, 3s. to 4s-; Woodcocks, 2s. to 3s. ; Turkeys, ss. to 103. ; Wild Ducks, Is. 6d. to ; Rabbits, Is. to Is. 2d, ; Geese, ss. to 7s. ; Fowls, Is. 9d. to 25. 6d. all each. Eggs, 7s. 6d. to 11 s. per 120. DRIED FRUIT MARKET. There is very little doing in this market just now. Figs and French Fruit remain the same as they were, but Currants and Raisins of all de scriptions arc rather lower. SPIRIT MARKET. English, Scotch, and Irish Spirits are still 9s. Bd. per gallon, but there Is not any particular business doing., The short stock of Rum prevents business ; prices are very firm indeed. Brandy is not so firm as it was, and is in heavy sale at 3s. 4d. for first marks of 1836 in puncheons. Geneva is unvaried in price, pale Holland being Is. 10d. to Is. Ild., German Gin Is. 6d. to Is. 7d. TALLOW AND OIL MARKET. P.Y.C. is very firm, but not securing much business ; the price to-day Is 49x. 3d. In Oils there is nothing whatever fresh. COLONIAL MARKETS. There is now great confidence amongst the holders of all descriptions of Colonial produce ; and prices of some commodities are not only firm, but looking up. There is not much doing to-day, either by public sale or private contract. As we said yesterday that Bengal Sugar was look_ Rig up, and had every appearance of being higher, so now brown de scriptions are 2s. to 3s. dearer than they were last week. Today we had a public sale of 4,210 bags of Mauritius Sugar, which went briskly at prices, when we left, which were looking up. The stock is now 26,893 bags against 30,312 at this time last year. British Plantation Sugar sells with improved briskness, and prices are looking up, still we are not authorised at present to alter our quota tions of last week, except for brown, which is 6d. and Is. higher. The stock of British Plantation is 15,939 hhds. and tierces, against 23,242 at this time last year. Refined Sugar is little better than nominal at 38s. Gd. and 395. for fine crushed. Coffee of all kinds is now looking 'JP rather than otherwise, and Ceylon is 85s. to 86s. for good ordinary, which is higher. There is not, however, much doing, and to-day nothing in any kind of Coffee by public sale. The stock of British Plantation is 2,606 casks, and 1,117 bags. Ceylon 22,454 bags, Mocha 4,247 bales, Brazil 31,311 bags. Spices, except Cinnamon, are firm in pries. But a very small quantity sold of the large amount put up. The third sorts ,as we said, fetched 3d. to 4d. per lb. on last sale prices ; whilst firsts and seconds went from 2d. to 4d. pei lb. lower. So that, taken as a whole, prices are much the same as those of the last public sale. Saltpetre, of which we have a small public sale to.day, is firm at yesterday's rates of 245. Gd. to 13s. Gd. for 6:d. to sd. refraction. In Rum, Rice, and Cocoa, nothing whatever fresh ; the first of these is particularly firm. The imports of produce are increasing. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, J. 30. The sales today are about 3,000 bags. There is not much anima tion in the Market, but prices are perfectly steady. 150 Pernams. 9 9 •ri ; 100 Egyptian, 9 12 ; 100 Maranham, 8 9 4 ; 150 Bahia, 81 ; 200 La Guayra, 7 7-8; 100 Surat, 41 5 3-8 ; 20 Madras, 5 7.8 ; 2,180 American, 71 8 N. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat, Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. Becton. Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Hoincastle Lincoln. Spalding Eta:llford York a. to s. 43 52 8. to 8. 22. 28 S. to s. 15 19 50 55 54 5E3 42 6t) 44 57 28 33 N 30 :!2 37 21 32 48 56 50 56 28 33 26 34 21, 28 20 28 20 24 14 23 8. to 8. 29 39 21 25 24 1`.6 38 46 36 40 36 42 40 44 36 44 32 41 S. S. 30 32 NDING J DUBLIN MA 229 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone.... 0 13ere l6 stone...., 512 Barley 1,004 Oats 11,544 Flour, per cwt 438 S stone Sold to Bakers only. :9,847 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and Flour 455. Receipts of Fl our , 8 , 696 Firsts fron Sales of Do. 11,54 1 Seconds fron fron PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf SIAGt. Half Quartet AN. ‘26. Average. 30 I 11 zo 18 - 114 ;k. :o 20s. Od. ;o 18s. 01. ;o 105 01, WheatOßK A RKETS.—Jan Wheat (per 205t.)...22s C 6d. to27s M . 9d.1 Oats (per 14 t.) 27 86.6d. to 10s. 6d. Barley (per 16st.) ...11 0 12 6 { Flour (per cwt) 1 0 20 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) los. Od. to 16s. Od. Reef, 4d. to 9d. ; Mutton, 4d. to 6d. ; Veal, 4d. to 6d. ; Pork, 4€l. to 41d. ,• Fresh Butter, 10d. to I Id, per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. 99.5. 80 t;8 58 50 ' First Quality Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth To the Counts 82s. A Cwt. CLONMELL M Per s. d. s. d, s. d. s. d. New Butter BO oto St 0 Hides-(raw).......... (raw) .......... 0 to `24 8 Oatmeal 12 6 13 6 Bacon Pigs lo 0 31 0 Rendered Lard 0 44 0 Heads 23 0 0 Per Bag. Fleur, Second . . 34 0 I Flour, Thirds 0 24 0 Household-- 0 32 0 i Fourths li u 0 Rapeseed 20 0 Per Barrel. 0 Barley 12 0 13 0 Bere 8 4 10 0 Coals Per Stone. Wheat Ol4 016 Tallow (rough) 44 0 4 6 Oats 0 7 08 J Potatoes 0 3 0 4 LATI'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. The third Concert of the above series was given by M. Pilati, last night at the Colosseum, Regent's Park. The locale was far more suit able for au entertainment of this description than the St. James's Theatre, and consequently the whole, in our estimation, was far more effective than at the previous concerts. The saloon, and another room, well lighted, and admirably arranged for the purpose, were thrown open for the reception of company, and that in which the orchestra was placed, was fairly filled by a very genteel auditory. Prom the be-whiskered and mustchaoed visages of a very great proportion of the visitors, and the prevalence of the voluble dialect of our Gallic neighbours, we could observe that the project of giving con certs a la Musard was patronised at least as extensively by the French sojourners in our Metropolis as the English r esidents. The night, as most of our readers are aware, was exceed hlglY wet and inclement, and we were therefore somewhat surprised at finding so large an assembly of ladies and gentlemen collected together in a distant quarter of the town ; for it is not to be supposed, the price of admission being so moderate, that the ultra-fashionable neigh bourhood of the Regent's-park could have contributed any important Portion of the audito r y . Of t h e amount of orderlies present, of course We have not the means of judging. Under whatever circumstances, however, the company were got together, it must be a gratifying fact to the i nstrumental part of the musical profession, that a concert, divested altogether of vocalities, should have attracted so respectable a body of per_ sons, and been listened to with so much attention and apparent delight. The Concert, as before, consisted entirely of Overtures and sets of Quad. The Overtures were these of Zampa, by Herold ; Fra Auber Semiramide (by desire) Rossini ; La Gazza Ladra, Ro ssini ; La flaw:dere, Auber ; an d D er , F reischutz, Weber. The sets of Quadrilles, by M. Pilati himself, Musard, Strauz, &c. Herold's 1',4443' ov erture was very i n diff erently played ; the trombones were too loud for a concert.room, and prevented our hearing the combinations of the other instruments in the full parts. The horns, in partiou'ar, W hich are art effective part of the composition, in the chords Fra Diavol o , a l so, was somewhat confused in places, and La (4 za Ladr a was confusion throughout. Semiramide was beautifully played, but it was only by snatches we could discern the merits of e her's unrivalled Der Freischutz. The sets of Quadrilles were ex qUisitely played, and a p peare d to g i ve great satisfaction. The solo parts Worded the performers the opportunity of displayin g th e i r p owers, an d !cry charmingly played. We would recommend the compilers of this description of music to give us a little less of the cornett° da pi s t on . It i, thrown i n on every occasion, till the ears of the audie n c e are more tha n satiated with its beauties, and are enabled to give a shrewd guess at it s defects, as well as those of the gentleman who performs I • ll '''n it. Th e echoes were again introduced, and although ' ve ry well played, were again much too loud. In a set of quadrilles termed " L'Espagnol," the castanets were introduced with a Very Pleasing effect. The whole concluded with the waltz " Du Due de leichstadt," which, although ground to pieces by every hand.oigan In the kingdom, appeared new to " seventy of the first performers in no °pe for it was played in a very a b om i na bl e s t y l e ; an d if we h a d t heard their previous efforts, we should from this specimen have con ceived that the band was composed not of the first but the worst in the °al /district designated. Another concert, we observe, is announced, , an d as th e y are now pre tt y generally known, we augur for it more ex 'ended patronage than has been experienced by those already given. THEATRES. DRITRY.LANE. 1:A Miscellaneous performance of music supplied, last night, the place .. f _the usu a l enterta i nment at this theatre. The first part contained a t, selections from the Creation and the Messiah—three from the lat. a r, includi ng t h e " Hallelujah, " which was encored. From the ar _ tlge ment of the perf ormers on t h ese occas i ons, we ne i t h er thi n k th at treat l ,,, Choral p i eces can be, or are, executed to much advantage. ," chor uses certainly did no t d o th e m s elves credit through -4 these efforts. Mr. Seguin was very successful in the noble air seAolling in foaming billows," and Miss Woodham distinguished her c _ both in th e a i r " The marvellous works, " and that most touc h ing wo:rsiposition" He was cut off." She was much applauded. Miss Cawse atly little too heavy in " Beho a virgin"—there was scarcely si on ex4 hasis in her elocution, f l are may so call it, of the en. 1 , 44 . ‘ ,After the sacred extracts, a performance of " The Distin . ci t .„, l _ l Y,' . as they are styled, took place. There are five members of this 001,1 1 ; with one, who from his appearance would seem the father, pre. co tiv an t: Two play on an instrument which we should supposewasa t 4t, beLnttatio.n of trumpet and bugle, its tone being much like the latter, b ass troer in harmony ; two upon French horns, and one on a strong St ti„,_:nhone. The father's leading trumpet was very powerful, and r eminded us of the tenors in the Russian horn band. He played Perr,.! at execution and great expression. The second part of the vocal %,i th li n t , e ance was wholly supported by the Italians from the Opera Buffa, attellane exception of one air by Miss F. Woodham. The house was well G, especially after second price. I Cotwi t h SURREY. regw_ sta nding the sombre sadness w hich generally reigns in the ki 4o ; 4 : theatres on t h e lugubrious night of the 30th of January, the Ct sp ea r nade active eftbrts to relieve the gloom. The Surrey was crowdedt het a , rI Y hour by two c l asses o f spectators —th e j uveni l e a d mirers o f p"ln abl e Pantomim e ca ll e d Old D ame T ro t an d h er C om i ca l C a t , (11." 148 ° , e " Children of a larger growth," who luxuriate in the charms of 14 ' , en 8 founded on superstition, silly opinion, or foolish belief about kri tti , signs o f b ad luck, and presentiments of evil. This passion was The fled In the representation of a new piece, named the Death Token. lo4 s~ 'tateria ls which f orm it s com bi na tion are no t on ly marve l - Ya~se4ll th b e itt highly amusing to the arbiters of taste in the gallery. ke nerY is good, and the curtain dropped amidst reitera ed ap „,)76.„The next in succession was the romantic melo-drama of the 'een e ` , Which is well got up E. F. Saville played the Vampire with 'lrlieli,4-•otnIll:eet, yet we do not Consider him the . best representative of the h is ester thirsting for human blood. There is a fair round appearance ,rson which ill accords with the supernatural and horrible 1,-"('oi:,,'"ived from the sleep of death by the "pale glimpses of the 4 ltt A Vampire, after all, should look like a thing not of this 1 - 1 • e IbliaM's Lord Ronald is in some parts the best we hare seen. pr e eell - i i i ; ed h , r epeated and well-deserved applause. This drama, like the th 4t t V ece i gave much satisfaction to the audience. We need not s ' e P antomime possessed_all its first attraction. IRISH MARKETS. (ET NOTE for the WEEK From To 27 41 32 9 10 0 -- 14 7 15 6 9 6 11 0 15 6 20 0 11 6 12 0 I 20 0 0 1, per sac 1 18s. 0,1. 14 I 15s. Oa. 14 1 7s. 0.1. 14 LITERATURE. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. XII. Hooper, London, 1838. There is an elaborate article in the Number before us, entitled the " Duke of Wellington," which the editor pre faces by saying that it is " by agreement to be considered as the expression of the writer's sentiments, without in volving the opinions of the Review." Certes, this preli minary notice is highly necessary, for, on looking into the article, we find that it belauds the Duke both as a warrior and a statesman, in a style that must astonish some of the readers of the Westminster. As a statesman, in particu lar, his deserts are insisted on with an emphasis that can- not fail to bewilder those Liberals who regard him as the mainspring of Toryism, and, as such, have seen denuncia- ciation after denunction poured upon him by that very Review, one of whose best writers has just discovered that he is the shining political light of the day. The author of this article, which is far better adapted to the meridian of the Quarterly than the Westminster, and in its present strange position wears very much the aspect of grave irony, is evidently better qualified to discuss the merits of the Duke as a soldier than a statesman ; for, in his latter capacity, he contents himself with assuring us that his Grace is a great man, without giving reasons for the faith that is in him ; while, as a soldier, he convinces us, in every page of his eulogium, that he has done no more than justice to the " hero of a hundred fights." Another pecu liarity of this article is, that its writer, while lauding the Duke's political abilities to the skies, yet professes himself his opponent in politics. Notwithstanding this discrepancy, however, he has treated his subject in a very spirited and able manner, and will be sure to have a multitude of read ers, if nut admirers. " The Caricatures of H.B."—a tempting theme—is an amusingly written essay, but it is too quaint and crotchetty in places. The author theorises too much on a light and lively topic, which will not warrant metaphysical subtleties. We perceive that, in common with the generality, he terms the famous " Gin Lane" of Hogarth a caricature. We much doubt the propriety of this term, for we have always considered the picture in question as a serious, impressive subject, treated with corresponding earnestness--as, in fact, a painted tra gedy. The aim is evidently not to amuse, but to appal ; not to create laughter, but disgust and horror. In point of literal truth and vigor and impressiveness of effect, we know of but one sketch that can vie with it, and that is, Richardson's account of the brothel at midday in " Clarissa Harlowe," which has been executed in a similar spirit, and with a view to produce the same beneficial results. The Reviewer's passing notices of the caricatures of Gill ray exhibit much tact and keen apprehension of the ludicrous. We subjoin his brief memoir of that once famous, but now nearly forgotten, artist : " There was a very able but brief article on Gillray in the Athenaum, two or three years back, in which the melancholy lesson of his life was vigorously brought out, and it produced a letter from Mr. Landseer, which contained some valuable information about this extraordinary man. He is supposed to have been of Scotch origin ; he was a Republican in opinion, and began his career as a caricaturist against the Government. A hint of imprisonment if he continued in that course, and of pecuniary reward if be changed it, is said to have turned all his satire against the popular party. He was intimately ac quainted with Gifford and Canning, the latter of whom sup plied him with designs and hints occasionally ; and in one of his engravings he represents Canning in the complimentary character of Phaeton alarming, and putting into disastrous flight and confusion, the whole of the Whigs, represented as heavenly signs, while he drives triumphantly the car of the Sun of Antijacobinism.' But, though publicly a Tory, in safe companies, and in his cups, Mr. Landseer tells us Gillray would propose the health of David, the Jacobin painter, on his knees. He lived with a woman, to whom he never was married, though he went several times to church for the pur pose ; it was of no use,' he said, to marry, when they had all they wanted without it.' We think we see his charac ter, even in the portrait he has painted of himself : a fiery keenness of observation shines in his great grey eyes, to which even his bold and arched brow seems to direct attention ; irri tability, even to fierceness and hatred, appears in the curling lines about the large nostrils of his straight nose ; his mouth is large, with full but well-formed lips, expressive both of sensuality and taste ; his thin angular cheeks, with small tufts of whiskers, which reach no further down than the tip of his ears, terminate in a finely-rounded and almost double chin ; his grey hair on his temples, and his round and compact head, is bare and scanty; in short, the whole appearance of Gillray, dressed in a blue cost, with unstuffed collar and large brass buttons, a red and white striped waistcoat, and white neckcloth and ruffles, the costume of his class forty years since, presents an exceedingly striking study to the student of faces, so full are its lines of energy, fancy, buoyancy, and passion. A great genius without principle, a man acutely sensitive and con. sciously degraded, it is little to be wondered at if our re searches for biographic accounts of him in the newspaper of the year 1815, when he died, ended only in finding an account of his appearing in his shop, in St. James's-street, naked, and of his head being seen by some members of White's, opposite, fixed between the iron bars which guarded the attic bed-room in which he was confined during the several nears of madness which preceded his death. The lesson of all this is, and we commend it to any man, if such there be, who six months ago wrote in the Constitutional, and now writes in the Times, that self-respect is more necessary to a man than bread, for if he is without bread, he can but lose life, while, if he wants self respect, a man of genius may lose both life and reason. Gillray, before his apostacy, made a tour in the Netherlands with another artist, and they were both commanded to show their sketches to the King, who could see nothing in the sketches of Gillray ; but when he changed sides, George the Third sent him substantial proofs of approval—yet the end was death and madness f" While speaking of the caricaturists of the last century, we are surprised that the Reviewer has taken no notice of Hayman, who, after Hogarth's death, succeeded to much of his popularity, and whose illustrations of Smollett's " Don Quixote," are as superior to Cruickshank's in rich, oily, unexaggerated humour, as " Hyperion to a satyr." The gaunt, long Don and his plump dwarf Squire appear to as great advantage in Hayman's prints, as in Cervantes' text. With the Reviewer's remarks on " H. B."—whose name we understand is Doyle—we cordially agree. This cari caturist is indeed eminently and deservedly remarkable for his refinement of touch, which has imparted a grace even to the burly shoulders of Daniel. How much humour, too, has he not thrown into the features of Peel—those features which other caricaturists have found so impracti cable, so irreconcileable with fun, and given up in despair. And this triumph—for it is a triumph—H. B. has achieved, without in the slightest degree distorting or exaggerating the lineaments. This artist's humour, in its ease and finish, reminds us of Addison's. It has not breadth, nor coarseness, nor vigour ; but what it wants in these, it makes up in grace and propriety. He must have a very thin skin, in deed, who is offended with the satire of H. 8., the most courteous and good-natured of caricaturists. In the Memoirs of the Life of Scott," we think—judging from internal evidence—that we can trace the pen of Mr. Carlyle. The introductory portion of this essay is heavy, and not a little enigmatical ; but as the Reviewer warms and is filled with his subject, he becomes more lucid and animated. His comparison of Scott with Cobbett is in genious, and embodies much truth. Both held the pen of ready writers ; both inherited from nature a salient, vigor ous intellect ; and both held the cant of fashion and senti mentalism in equal abhorrence. Sterling, practical good sense, too,wasnot less the characteristic of the Scottish nove- list, than of the English politician. In speaking of Cobbett,and of the wonderful fertility of his mind, Mr. Carlyle, we see, goes out of his way to sneer at old Bayle. " Pierre Bayle," says he, " wrote enormous folios, one sees not on what mo tive-principle ; he flowed on for ever, a mighty tide of ditch -water, and even died flowing, with the pen in his hand." Now this is a very idle sneer against one of the most learned and gifted men France ever produced—a man from whom Voltaire stole many of his best and brightest thoughts, and assuredly the greatest part of his various knowledge ; and to whom our own Gibbon—as any one may see who reads the " Decline and Fall" with attention--lay under the deepest obligations, which it would have been but common justice in him to have acknowledged. Bayle's Dictionary is anything but " ditch-water." It does not trick out ob vious thoughts in quaint and fantastic apparel, or mistake the perplexing for the profound ; but speaks learnedly, and to the point, in the dialect of common sense. Mr. Car lyle is a clever and ingenious, though somewhat wayward, writer, with full as much smoke as fire, but he should not sneer at his betters. By the bye, we find that he has no great opinion of Scott's Napoleon ; but being charitably given, contents himself with say ing of it " Woe is me!" Now, had he applied this tristful phrase to his own History of the French Revolution, which is as remarkable for its accu rate statements of facts, as for its pedantic and erro neous inferences from them, his lamentation would have been perfectly appropriate ; but Scott's " Napoleon" needs no such commiseration. That the latter volumes bear marks of haste, and are too often tinctured with prejudice, is true ; but we should be puzzled to find in any histo- 14 8 10 3 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANVARY 31, 1838. rical work a more glowing, picturesque, and withal scru pulously correct narrative, than Scott presents to us in his details of the Vendean war ; or more fire and energy than he exhibits in his sketches of the early leaders of the French Revolution, with the sole ex ception of Mirabeau, whose political Influence and whose vast mental energies he most strangely undervalues. Of the three English historians of this convulsive national outburst, which shook Europe to its centre, and still retains over it a talismanic influence—Scott, Hazlitt and Car lyle—the former, with all his prejudices, is incomparably the best, and we will even add, the most impartial ; for his aristocratic partialities are by nn means put so promi nently forward, or blended so indissolubly with the narrative, as the two latter's democratic leanings. Next in merit to Scott is Alison, but this not from his original powers of thought, but for his wealth and fidelity of detail, and his general moderation and im partiality. " Miss Martineau's Western Travel" is a well digested notice of a most able work. The " Radical Party in Canada" gently condemns Mr. O'Connell for his " reckless partisanship of the Ministers," and denies that the Radicals are at all indifferent to the interests of Ire land. Although the Number is an excellent one, though some of the articles are far too long. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vozs. HI. IV, Rickerby, London, 1838. These two volumes, each of which is embellished with two engravings, are printed in a very cheap and commodious form, and in a type remarkable for its beauty and distinct ness. The history, as we perceive by the title-page, is to be continued from the period at which Hume drops it, don to the present day, by the Rev. Mr. Stebbing. CONSIDERATIONS ON MODERN THEORIES OF GEOLOGY. Be THOMAS GISBOANE, M. A., Prebendary of Durham. On opening this Pamphlet our prejudices are in some degree excited against the Author, by the indications of a bigoted spirit, which appear in its first pages. But, as we proceed, we are pleased, if not convinced, by the tem perate and philosophical tone in which he discusses the sometimes irritating controversy between the theologists and the geologists. Although he takes high ground as a direct opponent of all modern geological theorists—of Cu vier, Lamark, and even of the more orthodox Buckland and Lyell—his manner is wholly free from arrogance, and his arguments are unembittered by any taint of sectarian rancour or jealousy. He disputes no one established fact in modern geological discovery ; but confines him self to assailing such inferences from those facts as seem to him to be at variance with the Mosaic History of the Creation, or to be reconcileable with the sacred narrative only by such a straining of the latter as would degrade its character, and impair its authority. Thus he will by no means admit of the succession of epochs assigned to the se veral strata of which the Earth's crust is composed ; and with great ingenuity he makes out a plausible case for the opinion, that all geological phcenomena may be reconciled with the literal interpretation of the Six Days of Genesis, as six periods of 24 hours each, in the ordinary sense of the word, day. His reasonings are clear and forcible, if not conclusive, and deserve the attention of every student of geology, as they at least point out the dangers of rash spe culations in that young and fascinating science. ON WARMING AND VENTILATING, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING AND USING THE THERMOMETER STOVE, OR SELF REGULATING FIRE. By NEIL AE.vorr, 114 D. Physician Extraordinary to the Queen. It would be inferred from the title of the treatise before us, that the instructions to be found in it were directed chiefly to warming and ventilating on a large scale—as in barracks, hospitals, and schools. But, whilst all that con cerns such habitations in respect to these two necessaries of life—warmth and air—is amply provided for, the chief merit of Dr. Arnott's beautiful invention is, that it supplies the cheap and easy means of diffusing health and comfort in the garrets and even in the cellars of the poor. In this view alone, we should regard the " Thermometer Stove" as one of the most valuable improvements of our times, when the progress of human invention is hurrying us so ra pidly onward that we have scarcely time to admire the novelties as they arise. We cannot hesitate to rank amongst the grandest achievements of modern art a contrivance of which the certain effect will be equal to the four-fold increase of all the coal mines is the earth ; and in the mean time another great benefit will follow from the abolition of open stoves, sooty chim neys, and climbing boys—the valuable carbon which is now dissipated and wasted in vast quantities through the atmos phere of English towns, obscuring the light of heaven, de filing the public architecture, and poisoning the air, will be preserved and turned to account. For in this stove th e .! cheapest fuel, and that which gives out no smoke (such as anthracite, stone-coal, and coke) is the best ; whereas the coal which is chiefly used in open stores, and is the m os t valuable for the production of gas for light is the least fit for burning in the thermometer stove. Nor is there any possibility of dangerous or even unpleasant effects from the generation of carbonic acid gas, as might be apprehended from the nature of the fuel,; for the quantity to be burnt at a time is very small, and a regular and perfect ventila tion is kept up by the action of the stove itself, which dis charges the gases as they are generated into the flue. The cost of keeping up an equal and unvarying warmth in a mo derate sized room for twenty-four hours, without trouble, dust or attendance, is estimated at no more than the cost of the wood which would be used to light an ordinary' fire ; so that the saving to Dr. Arnott from the use of his thermometer stove in his library during the severe and protracted winter of 1836-37 was equal to the whole of his coal-merchant's bill!—and when such stoves become universal in the habitations of the poor, the expense of fuel for cooking, washing, and maintaining night and day a comfortable and equally diffused warmth, will not be more for a whole week, than it now costs a poor family to keep a miserable and insufficient fire for only part of a day. The thermometer stove, too, requires no attend ance, no poking, no bellowsing—consequently can never put the hurried house-wife in ill-humour. Nor is it the least important of its many advantages, that it will put an end for ever to those distressing accidents by fire to the children of the poor, which are of a frequency in this metropolis of which, perhaps, none but the Coroners have an adequate notion. In contemplating the uses of the stove, we must not withhold our admiration from the ingenuity—the exquisite simplicity and complete ness—of its construction. When the competition of the makers brings down the price of the apparatus to the level of its fair cost—(for be it remembered that Dr. Arnott, with his characteristic benevolence and generosity, gives up this invention as he before gave him his hydrostatic bed, to the public use, and refuses to derive any pecuniary advan tage to himself from its sale, or to reserve any control over it by a patent)—and the competition will so bring down . the price, the first expen se o f a th ermome t er s tove will scarcely exceed that of the common register stove now in use. It consists of a box of sheet or cast iron, which may he of any shape, as an urn, a statue, or a plain pannelled box, and might be set in the place of the common stoves or in the middle of a room, where it might have an ornamental form—as of a writing desk, a flower-stand, &c. Within this outer case or box, there is a small fire-pot to receive the fuel, with an ash-pit beneath—a pipe inserted in the outer case carries off the gases of combustio n into the flue—air to support combustion being admitted by another aperture to which the thermometer regulator is affixed, coLtrouling the supply of air, and thereby keeping the temperature at any required degree. In the meantime the circulation of that air within is maintained, so that scarcely a particle of the heat produced is arrested ; but it would greatly - exceed our limits to give a detailed description of the apparatus, for which we must refer to the book itself, as well as for Dr. Arnott's plans for the ventilation of crowded buildings, and for maintaining the proper humidity in apartments heated by the Dutch, Russian, or other close stoves, by which the air is rendered of an unpleasant and unwholesome aridity. The instructions are ample, minute, and perspi cuous, and no one who attends to them with moderate care can fall into error_ or disappointment in making or using the thermometer-stove. We fear it will be some time before the invention makes its way where it is most wanted —into the habitations of the poor. But we have societies for supplying the poor with surgical apparatus, with blankets, fire, and other necessaries ; might we not havt one for providing them with warmth and pure air, and for saving to them that large portion of their earnings which is dissipated in the attempt to procure a scanty ray of heat from the wasteful and comfortless open hearth ? BRAZIL. RIO DR JANEIRO, Nov. 4 .—.CIFFICIAL.—SIR,—In reply to your communication of 30th Sept em b er , respect i ng the note of the Envoy Extraordinary and Mil nster Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty, against the regulations of the Custom house, which requires the payment of duties brought in mer chantmen, for the use of the squa.d.•on of his nation, I have to tell your Excellency, that by;artiele t 9 1, sec. Sof the regulations of the Custom Houses, friendly Golbernments are not deprived of the right of importing, free from dt dies on consumption, ar ticles necessary for the supply of the,'r men-of-war, stationed in Brazil ; but that only the manner was regulated in which they should enjoy that right, without pi 'ejudice to the national revenue, that is, that under the pretext of such arti cles some goods might not be imported, intended for trade, which would be inevitable, if such articles were to be made (as was the case with the Emma schooner). on board merchantmen, which not beiing either transports of war ( Transporter de Guerra), nor . hiciats freighted exclusively by the said Governments, they should take on board besides the above articles, other goods for account o f private persons. That, in short, the said regulation made solely for the purpose of preventing abuses, though they mire carried into effect on the Ist of January this year, yet Art. 91, Sec. 8 was not put in force till the Ist of July, that is six months later, in or der that friendly Governments having timely notice, mi g h t take proper measures, concurring on their part, as it is to be hoped they will, in preventing the smuggling that might be practised under their flags. God preserve your Excellency. MIGUEL CALMON DU PEN E ALMEIRA. To - Jose Antonio Peregreno Manuel Montiero. The Palace, Oct. 10, 1837. Rio DE JANEIRO, Nov. B.—The national brigantine Caro line has arrived in seven days from Rio, Grande do Sol, with the following intelligence :—That th e President arrived in that province on the 25th ultimo, cind on the 29th a brig arrived with troops, and a patache with, ammunition from this port; and that other vessels belonging to the expedition were passing the bar; that the inhabitants of Rio Grande and at the Villa de St. Jose do Norte celebrated the arrival of the new President by rejoicing and illuminations, and that the people in general were much pleased with the wise measures of the Central Government ; in fine, th at the affairs of that province were in better appearance, and it was therefore hoped that the contest would soon be decided in favour of legality.— Correi Ofiicialto 28th Nov. The last Number contains some accounts of the troubles at Bahia to 14th Nov. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes terday. The Royal dinner party last evening at the New Palace included Monsieur de Hummelauer, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires; the Earl and Countess of Surrey, Viscount Mel bourne, Lord and Lady Wortley, and Mr. and Lady Louisa Cavendish. The band of the Scotch Fusileer Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. A meeting was held yesterday at the Home-office, which was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Dun cannon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Morpeth. Lord Ebrington had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador ; M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister; and Don Manuel de Aguilar, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Fo reign -office. The Earl of Burlington had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home-office. Despatches from the Governor of the Bahamas were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. e young Russian Prince Gagarin, who has been sojourning some months at the London Hotel, will take his departure, it is expected, to-morrow, to join his father at their residence at St. Petersburgh. The sons of Lieut.-General Sir John Colborne are both serving under the Gallant Commander-in-Chief in Ca nada ; Ensign Francis Colborne in the 15th Regiment, and Ensign Henry Colborne in the 24th, commanded by Colonel Hughes. Lady Isabella Kerr, sister to the Marquis of Lo thian, has taken one of the mansions on the Marine Parade, at Dover. Her Ladyship is in delicate health, and is under the care of Dr. Gordon. Messrs. Cookes and Haviland, Queen's Mes sengers attached to the Foreign Department, arrived in Downing-street, with dispatches, the former from Madrid. Sir Henry Wheatley, Secretary to the Privy Purse, has communicated to the Secretary of the Dover Humane and Shipwreck Institution, in a note from St. James's Palace, dated the 23d inst., that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to become the Patron of that Institution. Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Cornwall and Baron Knesebeck, had a day's shooting yesterday in Richmond Park. The reigning Duke of Nassau lies dangerously ill. The Duke is one of the wealthiest men in Europe. The King of Hanover has conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Guelph on his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vasa. The King of Hanover lately went out shooting while Reaumur's thermometer was between twelve and thirteen degrees below zero (about three degrees of Fahrenheit.) The Crown Prince, on the other hand, has for some time past been indisposed, and even confined to his bed. M. Von Schele is in hind] favour with the King. During a late illness of the Minister his Majesty visited him repeatedly, and spent several hours at a time with him. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose were expected to leave Paris yesterday for town. Their new mansion in - Bel.rave-square is ready for their reception. The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party last evening at Lansdowne House. Lord and Lady Ashburton and the Misses Baring have arrived from the Grange, in Hampshire, at the mansion of Mr. St. John Mildmay, in Berkeley -square. Lord Sefton is much enfeebled from the effects •f his late illness. Until the late severe weather set in the Noble Earl was able to take daily airings. Sir John and Lady Shelley are on their way to town. They arc expected in Belgrava-square this day for the season. Bath House, in Pic ca dill y, i s un d ergo i ng many improvements, preparatory t o th e commencement of the fashion able season. The Earl of Pembroke gave a sump t uous di nner, a few days since , at his magnificent hot e l, i n t h e rue S t. H onore, to the artistes of the late Theatre It a li en . Th e carp sposo o f Mdlle. Grist , M. Gerard de Melcy, was a l so i nc l u d ed i n the list of invitations. Among the English of distinction at the brilliant soiree, given by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Orleans at their apartments in the Tuileries, were the Duke and Duchess of Montro se , the Marchio ness o f Cl anr i car d e, the nd 1 lLaary uis :f Douglas, Lord A L i o is r s d es a H nd om L e, ad p y ur C v a e n g, te e :b c. ury, Lord a Granville, L or d Altamount, Captain and Lady Georgians The Sacred Harmonic So c i ety, E xeter-Hall, have selected fo r their next concert " The Fall o f J erusa l em, " composed by Mr. Ge orge Perry; thi s i s t h e secon d new Oratorio the Societ y ha ve brought out w i t hi n twe l ve months, and is expect ed to excit e as much interest as M en d e l sso h n ' s eo St. Paul." ullrt n, A r rivals at Edlin's Hotel, St. Leonard's, during the week : Earl Mountcharl es , L ord Mark Kerr, the Rev. - Mr. the a nd Mrs. Tyler , the R ev. Mr. Mortim er , G enera l S i r James Macdonell, Lord Charles Somerset, the Hon. Mr. Stewart, Captain Dennison, &c. Apartments are ta k en f or several families of distinction. Transcripts of the catalogues of the Pell Records have been presented by Sir John Newport to the British Museum, so that any one may consu l t t h em at their con venience; also a copy from th e or i g i na l li st o f compulsory loa ns to Charles I. in 1652. It gives the names, arranged in counties, of every individual, and the sum contributed by each. Madame Tussaud's exhibition has been honoured within the last few days by visits from the Spanish Ambas sador, the Egyptian Ambassador, Lady Campbell, Lady Grey, Lady Fame, Lady Nugent, Lady Abercrombie, Lord Fitzalan, Lord Lake, &c. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House for the election of a director, in the room of John Mor ris, Esq., who had disqualified. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the election to have fallen on Sir Henry Willeck, K. L. S. The Calcutta folks have had a scene. Lord Auck laud, whilst riding out with his sister, had his horse seized by the bridle by a native, who assailed his Lordship with demands for justice. It was with difficulty that this rather pertinacious suitor was compelled to let go his hold of the bridle, the aid of a trooper having become necessary after the scyos had tried in vain. No particulars are given of the cause of this unusual bearding of authority. —Bombay Gazette. The exportation of the precious metals from the Port of London for the week ending the 27th instant, Satur day last, according to the official returns, consisted of 40,387 ounces of silver, of which 36,000 ounces were shipped to the Mauritius, 3,991 ounces to New York, and 396 ounces to the West Indies. On referring to the Official Return just made by Government, showing the number of Newspaper Stamps used for five months by all the Journals in Great Britain, we find that the WEEKLY DISPATCH has consumed no less than 1,247,000 stamps, being upwards of 56,000 for each publica tion. We subjoin the names of ten other popular London papers, by way of comparison with the DISPATCH : WEEKLY DISPATCH 1,247,000 A g o 53,000 Atlas Bel - 1"; New Messenger Bell's Old Messenger 96,500 361,000 Exami ner 94,950 John Bull News 62,500 Observer Sunday Times Spectator BOROUGH or SOUTHWARK (THIS DAY.) A public meeting took place this day in the Town-hall of the Borough of Southwark, for the purpose of petitioning Par liament for Vote by Ballot, the Extension of the Suffrage, and Trienial Parliaments, and also for placing the name of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, one of the Members for the Borough, on the Committee upon the Pension List. At a few minutes past one the High Bailiff, JOHN HOLMES, Esq., who was accompanied by several respectable Electors of the Borough, entered the Hall, and was received with cheers. The HIGH BAILIFF having taken the Chair, said he had re ceived a requisition for the purpose of calling the present meeting, and as he was always ready to meet the wishes of the electors, he had appointed an early day for that purpose. He trusted they would give every person nho was anxious to address them a candid and patient hearing.—( Cheers. ) The requisition calling the meeting, which was signed by about 150 electors of the Borough, was then read. Mr. RUSHTON moved the first resolution, which he regretted his inability to do justice to; but the cause was a good one, and one which he had at heart.—(Mr. R. here read the rm. lution.) It was well known that bribery and corruption had proceeded to a greater extent during the late general election than at any former period, and something was absolutely necessary to put a stop to it. Nothing would be so effectual for that purpose as the Ballot. The conduct of the Ministers upon the subject of the Ballot, as well as on the Pension List, was such as must excite the disgust and disap probation of every liberal man in the empire.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. JONES seconded the resolution, and congratulated the. meeting on the recovery of the High Bailiff from his recent indisposition ; he was proud to see him again presiding over their meeting. He fully concurred in the observations of the gentleman by whom the resolution had been proposed. Major Cartwright was the father of the Reform Bill, and he looked upon Mr. Grote as the father of the Ballot.—( Hear.) He hoped the exertions of that Hon. Gentleman would be ultimately crowned with success.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. RUSHTON wished before the resolution was put, to show the meeting a model of Mr. Grote's Ballot-box. The expla nation of Mr. Rushton appeared to give much satisfaction, and was received with much cheering. Mr. ARROWSMITH begged to ask the Chairman if the two Members for the borough intended to be preSent ? The CIIAIRMAN had had no communication from them, and could not say whether they would attend or not. Mr. ARROWSMITII hoped he would be allowed to offer a few observations upon the subjects they were met to discuss. The ground on which the Ballot was agitated was this—the poor and honest elector could not have the necessary protec tion. If he considered the Ballot would have.the effect anti cipated, he would be one of the first to support it. But what he had seen of the men in power for the last few years had made him completely of opinion that secret voting would be protection for tyranny and oppression.—(No, No.) As soon as the Legislature of this country should sanction the Vote by Ballot, the days of the British Constitution would be num bered.—(Disapprobation.) It would be the precursor of revolution.—(Cries of" No, no.") If the Ballot should be negatived, he was ready 'to support the second and third propositions —(Laughter)—but if they were to have the Bal lot he would oppose them. They asked now for an extension of suffrage.—( Cries of " Universal l") Within seven years there had been a great diffusion of liberty among the people; first the Reform Act, next the Municipal Act, and then the Poor law Act, which had taken a great deal from the Magis trates, and given it to the people.—(Disapprobation.) He wished now to call the attention of the meeting to what took place among the constituency in this borough during the last summer. Under the old system the constituency was less than 5,000 ; by the Reform Act three populous parishes had been added, and the constituency was now not less than 10,000. What was the meaning of the propositions brought forward, except to promote good and cheap Government ?—( Cheers.) What was the conduct of the electors on the last occasion ? (To turn out a Tory.) Yes, of course.—(Great laughter.) It was highly creditable to the electors that they did so.— ( Cheers.) He knew nothing of the proceedings of the last election, but he understood that no public principle was in volved in Mr. Richards's coming forward. He believed that out of 10,000 voters, only a few hundreds voted for Mr. Richards, and out of that great number—( Cries of " There are not so many")—he would say 6,000, then; out of that num ber only 3,000 had thought it worth their while to vote at the last election.—(Cheers.) It was not his wish to detain the electors ; but he trusted the meeting would allow him to read his resolution as an amendment. His resolutions were, first, that whatever might be the defects in the representation of the people in Parliament at the present time, either as re garded the mode of voting, the limitation of the suffrage, or the duration of Parliament ; yet taking into consideration the important changes that have taken place within a few years to improve the condition of the people, and the additional faci lities afforded to open voting, it is the opinion of this meeting that it is inexpedient to petition Parliament on the subject, except to revise the law as it now exists with a view to its amendment ; at the same time, if local voting should exist, the voting by householders would be mo s t b ene fi c i a l to th e S tate . —( Cries of r " That's only your opinion.") The next resolution was—Resolved that the question as to the duration of Parlia ment appeared to the meeting to be one totally immaterial, inasmuch as the county and the people within the last eight years, if they had not had annual had had triennial Parlia ments : that quartennial, or quintennial Parliaments, were to be preferred to septennial ones.—( Laughter.) His next resolution, which was intended to meet the fourth resolution, was—Resolved, that although the meeting regretted the cir cumstanc3 of the exclusion of the Honourable Member from the Committee on the Pension List, still the rea sons assigned by the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer appear satisfactory.—(Great upraor, amid which Mr. Harvey entered the room, and was received in the most enthusiastic manner.) The worthy speaker, when quiet was restored, resumed reading the resolution, which was the cause of further confusion. The worthy Gentleman then again read over the 4th Resolution which be intended to move; at the words " appears satisfactory"—he would not detain them longer, but would move them at any time that was thought most convenient.—( Cries of" Move, move.") As they pleased. He then moved his resolutions as an amendment on the first resolution. The HIGH BAILIFF asked whether there was any elector who appeared as a Seconder to the amendment.—(No one ap peared, and therefore the amendment fell to the ground amidst loud laughter.) The Ist resolution was as follows;—" That bribery, intimida tion, and corruption prevailed at the last general election—that in the opinion of this meeting electors cannot freely choose their representatives without protection ; and that vote by Ballot affords the best security against all such evils."— This was put and carried amidst loud cheers, and laughter at Mr. Arrowsmith's single hand being bald up against it. Mr. QuELcrt said he rose with great and pleasurable feel ings of satisfaction to move the s e c on d R eso l u tion. He was an ardent friend to an Extension of the Suffrage and the shortening the duration of Parliaments, but the Ballot was absolutely necessary. Was it not monstrous that one man should have the power of saying to his brother, If you do riot vote for that man, you shall not work for Loud cheers, and cries of " It is, it is")—or that another should say, If you do not vote for so and so, send in your bill ; and thus many honest tradesmen were almost ruined for honestly exercising their franchise. Then again what in famous system was that which made it necessary for every ono t• see Mr. Collector and Mr. Tax-gatherer before they could vote. Give them the Ballot, and then they would get all the others. Mr. GOODE rose to second the resolution, which he con sidered to be one of great importance, and not less deserving their candid than it did their cordial support.—(Hear, hear.) He would take the liberty of making a few observations upon this resolution, which he considered to be his text. He con- sidered the extension of the suffrage to be necessary for good government, because while the elective franchise was cramped, every man's liberty must be trampled upon, if not destroyed. flow eften had they seen the Tory leaders called upon to preside at a Bible meeting, while they trampled upon the_ rights and first principles of religion? Mr. Arrowsmith had stated that they wanted to establish a democracy, and he would ask was there a man among them who did not ? If any such there were he was only a being in the shape of a man. Mr. Arrowsmith, while he thus in his resolution trampled upon the rights of his neighbours, sought to obtain them for himself. From the High Bailiff down to the'humblest tradesman in the Borough, were only the tools of ministers and of poor law Commissions, who took the money out of their pockets, and then did just as they liked.—(Cheers.) It was asserted that if the people obtained power they would bring about a revolution. lie denied that, and he would say that there never could be good Government in that country until the people obtained power.—( Cheers.) If he (Mr. Goode) was in the House of Commons he would make all bribery—whether by an agent or the representative himself—a felony, and punishable as such.—( Cheering.) Mr. Arrowsmith, who objected to the Ballot, saw only one side of the question, and that was the narrow side.— ( Laughter.) lie (Mr. G.) never wanted the Ballot for him self, but nevertheless he would contend for it for his brethren. All threats were without effect upon him, for he defied all nations to move him from his position of truth and honesty.— ( Cheers. ) With respect to the rate-paying clauses, he was satisfied that their repeal would cause a great extension of the franchise.—( Hear, hear.) The payment of the shilling for registration was a very improper thing. Under that system if a Parliament sat for seven years, a man would have to pay 7s. before he could give a vote.—(No.) He would re peat that that was the case, for he had a shilling to pay every year, which no doubt went into the pocket of some Vestry Clerk, or lawyer's clerk.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) If they could get better representation it would be well, but he thought they would never do without the Ballot.— (Cheers.) Some were for Household Suffrage, others for Universal Suffrage ; he would go the whole hog with any man.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) But he must again say he thought they would never do without the Ballot. The House of Commons was called Honourable, but very improperly so in his opinion. Having occupied the meeting so long, he would conclude by seconding the Resolu tion, which was to the following effect : " That the present elective franchise does not sufficiently secure the representation of the people in the House of Com mons ; consequently the suffrage should be greatly extended, and the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill repealed." The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and de dared it to be carried unanimously. Mr. BARNES moved the third resolution. 3d. That according to the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, it is enacted that Parliaments should be frequently holden, in order that the representative should be accountable to his constituents. And it is the opinion of this Meeting that without Triennial Parliaments, which are in unison with, and formerly was the practice of our Constitution, such ac countability cannot be secured. 1,208,450 38,550 Thus showing the DISPATCH to circulate 38,550 more than all the aLoye t en J ournals put together,—.The Weekly Dispatch is published at 139, Fleet-street. He should be exercising the patience of the meeting to too great an ex :ant, if he was to go through all the statutes on this subject but a 3 the Reformers were assailed on every measure they took for the improvement of the condition cf the people, with the terms revolutions and the like, I.e thcught it better that they should proceed strictly on constitutional grounds, in order to shew that they had no e i h to destroy, but to renovate.--( Cheers. ) If they went beck to the early pe riod of the history of this couetry, it would be seen in the time of Edward the Thii d, Parliament were called once a 'ear; in the time o f th e C om m onwealth Parliament were called for three years, and in the time of William and Mary, by the provisions of the Bill of Rights, it was stated that Parliament should be frequently holden.—( Hear, hear, hear.) After this Bill had passed both Houses of Parliament it was resisted by the King, but Parliament declared it necessary for the welfare of the empire, and denounced those who should oppose it as the en, mks of the tommonwealth ;—and it was ultimately passed.—( Hear.) In the succeeding reign —that of Queen Anne—the succes sion was altered ; and at her death the Elector of Hanover, under the title of George the First, ascended the Throne; our ancestors, rendered cautious by experience—( Hear, hear)—inserted in the Act of Settlement the right of the people to Triennial Parliaments.,—( Cheers. ) Yet, notwithstanding that, George 1., a few years after he came to the Throne, consented to the repeal of that measure, which he had promised to maintain.—(Hear ) And, let it be recollected that the Government was then in the possession of the people called Whigs.--( Hear, hear.) The Parlia ment which was then sitting, and whi . ch was elected only for three years, extended its duration to seven years. —( Hear, hear, hear.) Now, if they had a right to extend their duration to seven years, they bad t n equal right to extend it to 40 years.—(Hear, hear.) This infraction of eternal justice (for what was just at all must be always just) had never been atoned for.—(Cries of‘• Hear, In ar.") The people did not at the time—either from not having the power, or from the dread of incurring the danger of a second revolution—redress the grievances; they waited pa tiently and prudently for that day, which they knew must sooner or later arrive, when justice should be done.--( Cheers.) The day of justice might never arrive in their day, but let them resolve never to cease their agitation while they lived, or until the obtained full justice.—(Cheers.) Th.!re was neither law nor argument in favour of that dep rture from the Constitution. It was afterwards urged that the Unions with Scotland and Ireland were against any departure from the present system, but, inihis opinion, there was no argument in that at all. Those countries gave up nothing at their Unicn. they, on the contrary, received many advantages ; however, the people of both of those countries were loud in their de mand for the same return to the old English Con stitution. They had with them now ten millions more of the people in consequence of those Unions.-1—( Hear.) The last year of Parliament was acknowledged to be the best for the people, because the Members were aware that they must soon meet with their constituents—make it then certain that they must give their constituents an account of acts at short periods, and they must become honest.—( Hear.) The only time he recollected the prerogative of the Crown having been exercised for the benefit of the people was when William the Fourth dissolved his Parliament for the purpose of taking the opinion of the people on the Reform Bill.--( Hoar ) It would be in the recollection of the meeting what a singular riot took place in the House of Lords on that occasion, when the Marquis of Londonderry sprang across the table and almost throttled the Duke of Richmond.—( Laughter. ) That was the only time the prerogative of the Crown was exercised for the benefit'of the people. If they had Triennial Parliaments they would not hear, as they had lately heard, of thousands and millions of the peoph-•s money being voted away, tnl of an extravagant Civil List. Although they were now deprived of a King and all his adjuncts, as had been observed by their Ho nourable and Learned Representative, they have now only a little girl under twenty on the Throne, and yet her Civil List was 60,0001. greater than it was during the reign of William the Fourth.---( Shame, shame.) Night after night important measures were carried through the House, with about one hundred Members present, Wnot one-sixth of the whole Members of that branch of the Le gislature.—( Shame, shame.) He maintained that these evils, if not completely altered, would be much mitigated if they returned once more to Triennial Parliaments. He thanked them for their kind and patient attention, and con cluded by moving the resolution. Mr. HARRIOTT seconded the resolution. Nothing was so necessary for the integrity and independence of the represen tatives of the people as the shortening of the duration of Par liament.—( Cheers.) Nothing was so essential as a repeal of the rate-paying- clause, which deprived many independent men of the right of voting. He hoped the public generally would soon see the necessity of lending themselves to the reform of these abuses, and begged leave to second the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. MATTHEWS moved the 4th rssolu.ion, and begged to offer a few remarks on it, as it touched upon all the previous ones. With respect to the Vote by Ballot, no man should be more desirous of it than Mr. Arrowsmith himself, who ought to well recollect the time, that he came forward as a candidate for the office of Vestry-clerk for the parish of St. George.—(l - lear, hear.) Ile (Mr. Matthews) on that occasion worked gratuitously for Mr. Arrowsmith, and he never witnessed greater bribery and corruption than on that occasion, although Mr. Arrowsmith then r ef use d t o a d vance a farthing for such a purpose, if it was to save his election. But how Mr. Arrowsmith could now differ from these opi nions lie could not say.—( Mr. Arrowsmith intimated that he did not.) Another subject alluded to by Mr. Arrowsmith was the extended state of the constituency. He said the consti tuency amounted to 10,000 in the borough of Southwark, but he forgot to add that by the rate-payers clauses, not less than 500 voters were disfranchised in the parish of St. George alone..( Cheers. ) Mr. Annowsmern intimated that he was in favour of the re peal of that clause. Mr. TOMPKINS briefly seconded the resolution. The Hien BAILIFF was aqout to put tl s resolution, alien a person at the lower end of the room oxcl.,imed, .eA Gen tleman wishes to speak to the resolution. Do you allow any one else to be heard ?" The HIGH BAILIFF requested the Gentleman to come Forward, Here an individual got on the platform, stating that he was not an elector, but he requested to be heard. The HIGH BAILIFF said it was for the meeting to say %%he ther they would hear him ; for his own pact, he should be happy to do so. The question was then put, and declared to be carried in favour of the individual being heard. Mr. HARDING, for such was understood to be his name, then came forwtird. He trusted the meeting would par don a working man for addressing them. He thought the resolution that had just been read so excellent, that he would not have addressed the electing but for another proceeding that had taken place. It was because he believed Mr. Harvey---(Cheers)—was not only the repre sentative of the miAlle classes, but the wording man, that he came forward to support the resolution. He wished to say a wurd in ref3rence to another resolution whice had been agreed to. The last speaker had spoken to she subject of the Vote by Ballot, and he begged therefore, that the meeting would allow him to speak to the question of the extension of the Sufi'. age. The meeting had just sanctioned an resolution to which only a dozen or so of hands had been held up, and if the Reporter of the Times, or any other Tory paper was present, they would say that it had not been carried unanimously. He would tell the men of Southwark that the working classes had no faith in the LEFT SPEAKING. We shall give the conclusion in our SECOND EDITION. "LEADERS OF THE BAND."—We hinted in a late notice of Pilati's concerts, that the gentlemen heretofore known by the abo►e title were fast becoming, although musi cians, persons of little note. A further instance of the truth of our remark has been recently given. At the first " Trial Night" of the Philharmonic Society, a week or two since, it was remai ked that the elevated platform in the centre of the orchestra, formerly appropriated to the "leader," had been removed, and that the personage in question took his station in the band, simply as the first of the ti,st fiddles ! But this is the age of reform and improvement in music, as in other matters. THE ROYAL EAR FOR Music.—When rehears ing the music intended to be performed on the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the City, Sir G. Smart, addressing the performers, recommended them to be very particular in the performance of their respective parts, remarking that our gracious Sovereign has so exquisite an ear fur music that sho could detect the slightest inaccuracy. We are most happy to have this testimony to the skill of so exalted a personage. Such a patroness cannot but stimulate the exertions of the musical world, and advance the interests as well as the progress of the science. The Prince and Princess of Capua have just arrived at the Hotel Windsor, Rue de Rivoli, at Paris. THE FROST AND TIIE RIVER.—So rapid was the thaw on Monday morning that at eleven o'clock a considerable portion of the ice in St. James's Park was covered with water. A large body of skaters, however, continued to enjoy their favourite amusement. On the river the large floating sheets of ice are now breaking up, and innumerable small pieces, which afford no dangerous obstruction to the navigation of the river, are being carried away by the reflux of the tide. Barges find now but slight impediment in drifting with the tide. It is a curious fact, that during the performances in Drury-lane, on Saturday evening last, there was not a single Christian in the dress-circle. The evening's entertainment was for the benefit of a Jewish charity, and the disciples of this persuasion presented on the occasion an exclusive and - dazzling array of gems and beauty. On the coast of Donegal, where the most enterpris ing arrangements have been made for prosecuting the herring fishery this year, great destruction has been effected by the late gales. A number of boats have been lost at sea, and it has been ascertained that 21 fishermen have been drowned. On Saturday, a report was current in Dubli r i i i, ve th n at b a y fl s e t e r t e o ss f 15 boats had been lost off the Ross er. A fox, which had no doub t been d of weather to seek its food out of itsfieuslud in the alliauiits r , ea vs l ia o s f se ß e a n il o e n y Friday, by numbers of peoples in a Hall, near this town ; nor did it appear to be much disconcerted by the halloos of the spectators, as it very leisurely turned its tail to their shouts. A hare was seen in a garden near to Salem Chapel, yesterday morning, and so far from displaying its natural timidity, it continued to feed upon the leaves of a few plants, even after a stone had been thrown at it, accom panied by a shout.—Halifax Express.